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La zapatera prodigiosa: pp. 31-33

En España, hoy es miércoles el 19 de diciembre de 2018.

Undécima escena, pp. 31-33

The niño returns to report that the uprising in the village has resulted in several persons receiving knife wounds, and of course the villagers blame la zapatera (despite the fact that she didn’t leave the zapatería) as the cause of the violence. La zapatera, accompanied by el niño, exit the scene to try to get a view the chaos in the village square from a safe location. Several women of the village arrive to tell the still disguised zapatero that he should flee before the crowd and the authorities descend upon the house. However, he defends la zapatera and runs them from the house.

The niño re-enters the scene after having witnessed a number of townspeople entering the house of the alcalde, and then runs off to try to learn what they are about.

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Have you ever stood up to a group you believed to be wrong? Recall the kind of bravery that that takes, and infuse that same bravery into the characters of el zapatero and el niño as they try to defend la zapatera in this scene.

Escena 11 de La zapatera prodigiosa, 73:25-76:03

Recursos

I come running… (this is a use of the progressive tense with ir. You have likely only seen the progressive formed with estar, but there are several auxiliary verbs which can be combined with the present participle)

corrillos

groups, coteries

canallas

despicable, contemptable, riffraff, scoundrels

cárcel

jail

cerciorarse

to assure oneself, to check, to verify

ajustar

to adjust, to settle

paradores

a type of hotel, or inn

disparate

crazy idea, nonsense, madness

hiena

hyena

amortajar

to wrap in a funereal shroud

ramo

a bunch of flowers

embusteras

liars, tricksters, deceivers

basiliscos

basilisks (yes, the same as in Harry Potter)

perjuras

perjurers (liars in a court of law)

en el garlito

in the (fish) trap

sayonas

executioners

judías

jews (Since the expulsion in 1492, Spain has had a troubled relationship with Jews. Remember that this play was written in the 1920s, and calling someone a Jew was still considered an insult.)